1927 in Australian literature

Literature-related events in Australia during the year of 1927

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1927.

Books

Marie Bjelke-Petersen – The Moon Minstrel
Bernard Cronin
- Red Dawson
- White Gold
Zora Cross – Sons of the Seven Mile
James Devaney – The Currency Lass : A Tale of the Convict Days
Mabel Forrest
- Hibiscus Heart
- White Witches
Mary Gaunt – Saul's Daughter
Ion Idriess – Madman's Island
Jack McLaren – The Chain
Helen Simpson – Cups, Wands and Swords
E. V. Timms
- James! Don't Be a Fool
- Red Mask : A Story of the Early Victorian Goldfields

Short stories

Jean Devanny – Old Savage and Other Stories
Xavier Herbert – "The Atheist"
Vernon Knowles – Silver Nutmegs
Vance Palmer – "The Stump"
Katharine Susannah Prichard
- "The Cooboo"
- "Happiness"

Children's and Young Adult fiction

W. M. Fleming – The Hunted Piccaninnies
Lilian Turner – Nina Comes Home

Poetry

Mabel Forrest – Poems
Mary Gilmore
- "The Tenancy"
- "Turn to Grass"
Lesbia Harford
- "Lovers Parted"
- "This Way Only"
Vernon Knowles – The Ripening Years
John Shaw Neilson – New Poems
Will H. Ogilvie – Hunting Rhymes
Percival Serle, R. H. Croll & Frank Wilmot – An Australasian Anthology : Australian and New Zealand Poems
Kenneth Slessor – "Country Towns"
Douglas Stewart – "Rock Carving"
David McKee Wright – "From Dark Rosaleen"
Judith Wright – "Trapped Dingo"

Biography

E. V. Timms – Lawrence, Prince of Mecca

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1927 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

26 January – Grace Perry, poet, playwright and editor (died 1987)^[1]
25 April – Peter Yeldham, playwright and novelist (died 2022)^[2]
6 June – Alan Seymour, playwright (died 2015)^[3]
24 August – David Ireland, novelist (died 2022)^[4]
11 November – Jack Absalom, artist, author and adventurer (died 2019)^[5]
27 November – Lilith Norman, children's writer and editor (died 2017)^[6]

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1927 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

31 March – John Bernard O'Hara, poet and schoolmaster (born 1862)^[7]
15 April – Maybanke Anderson, author (born 1845)^[8]
5 July – Lesbia Harford, poet (born 1891)^[9]
15 August – George Gordon McCrae, poet (born 1833)^[10]
31 August – Lillian Pyke, children's writer and, as Erica Maxwell, novelist (born 1881)^[11]
13 November — James Chisholm, essayist and short story writer (born 1857)^[12]

References

^ "Perry, Grace Amelia (1927-1987)". The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
^ Yeldham, Peter (24 October 2022). "The scriptwriter whose life was like a movie". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
^ Gilbert, W. Stephen (1 April 2015). "Alan Seymour obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
^ "David Ireland (1927-2022)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
^ Absalom, Jack (1983). Absalom's Outback Paintings. ISBN 9780867880052.
^ "Lilith Norman (1927-2017)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
^ "J. B. O'Hara (1862-1927)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
^ "Anderson, Maybanke Susannah (1845–1927) by Beverley Kingston". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
^ "Harford, Lesbia Venner (1891–1927) by Lesley Lamb". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
^ "McCrae, George Gordon (1833–1927) by Norman Cowper". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
^ "Pyke, Lillian Maxwell (1881–1927) by Beverley Kingston". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
^ "Austlit — James Chisholm (1857-1927)". Austlit. Retrieved 23 August 2023.